Forget Las Vegas, Viva Macau (1)
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Flickr Commons project - one organization’s report (1)
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I wrote a little bit about the Flickr Commons project in an article for Computers in Libraries magazine. You may have seen it mentioned here and elsewhere in library blogland because two prominent libraries, the Library of Congress and Bibliothèque de Toulouse have put collections there. I’m most fond of the Smithsonian’s collection though I pretty much love all of them and love seeing No Known Copyright Restrictions next to all those images. So yay, ...
Apt Comparison (1)
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From TMZ’s gallery of Muppets and their celebrity lookalikes, Janice the Muppet and Donatella Versace. Wow, that’s just uncanny… and quite possibly an insult to Jim Henson’s creations. Speaking of which, the Smithsonian’s Ripley Center currently features the exhibit “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World” now through October 5. The Smithsonian is the fourth stop on the exhibit’s tour, and will hit Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle and several cities in between through at least 2011. Similarly, the AFI ...
E Ink responsible for Esquire's flashing magazine cover (3)
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Filed under: Displays Nary a month after an E Ink exec asserted that e-newspapers would be going commercial by 2009, in flies word that a forthcoming issue of Esquire will likely be the poster child for the change. According to David Granger, Esquire's editor in chief, rags have generally "looked the same for 150 years," but all that will change when 100,000 copies of the September issue arrive on newsstands with a flashing electronic cover. ...
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The Chinese coastal city of Macau has passed Las Vegas as the biggest gambling city in the world. This article from Smithsonian Magazine looks at how it got there. read moreShared by JEP (77)Contribute commentUploads from somesai (0) permalink
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